Daily Lessons from Life 26 July 2013 - I would not worship a homophobic God: S.Africa's Tutu

"I would not worship a homophobic God: S.Africa's Tutu - AFP Jul 26, 2013 CAPE TOWN - South African peace icon Desmond Tutu on Friday said he would rather go to hell than worship a homophobic God, likening the fight against gay prejudice to the anti-apartheid struggle. "I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to the other place," the retired archbishop said at the launch of a United Nations gay equality campaign in Cape Town. "I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about this," he said, condemning the use of religious justification for anti-gay prejudice. Launched by the UN Human Rights Office, the public education campaign "Free and Equal" aims to raise awareness of anti-gay violence and discrimination. Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, compared the project to the fight South Africans waged to end the former white racist minority rule, a struggle in which he played a pivotal role. "I am as passionate about this campaign as I ever was about apartheid. For me, it is at the same level," the 81-year-old said. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said same-sex relationships are illegal in more than a third of countries around the world and punishable by death in five. she said that South Africa has "some of the worst cases of homophobic violence" despite having some of the world's best legal protections. The country has seen brutal, deadly attacks on lesbians, who also risk falling victim to what is known as "corrective rape". A South African lesbian was last month found dead, having been sexually assaulted with a toilet brush. "I constantly hear governments tell me 'but this is our culture, our tradition and we can't change it'... So we have lots of work to do," said Pillay." Desmond Tutu has done great fighting apartheid. There is no doubt about his commitment and contribution there. At the same time, he is no saint. Lessons for me are: 1. it is IMPOSSIBLE, unless there is a religious miracle or extreme mutation, for human being of same gender to reproduce the next generation. This, hopefully, is kindly acknowledged by gay rights activists; 2. it is therefore, UNNATURAL, for human being of the same gender to insist that they can produce the next generation of human race by having sexual intercourse or marriage. Again, if some of them are, due to genetic mutation or the imperfection creation process by the the God or Gods of their religious beliefs, provided them with the opposition sexual organs in their physical gender form. otherwise, could it be just a lifestyle choice?; 3. regardless of whatever lifestyle choices the gays and lesbians had made, there is NO REASON to use their sexual orientation as an EXCUSE to violently abused them. Their choice is not immediately endangering other straight people's lives. Though, over the longer term as MORE and MORE human being embrace this gays and lesbian lifestyle, we never know if there will be any more human being to talk about in time to come! LOL!! So, how can the religious God or Gods be homophobic IF it or 'they' indeed made human being! Any imperfection is its or their faults and it or 'they' has/have to take full responsibilities for the act. Live on. Live in peace. Just remember if more go this way, there is no human race to talk about. Just a natural fact.